Holder for adhesive binders



L. KINGSLEY.

HOLDER FOR ADHESIVE BINDERS.

APPLlCATION HLED DEC.Z9, I919.

- Patented Api'. 19, 1921.

AAAAAAAAAA IN V EN TOR .4 TTORNE Y earner LEE KINGSLEY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW. YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1a, 1921,

Application fl led'neoe mber 29, 1919. Serial in. 348,103.

To aZZwhom it may concern Be it known that 1, LEE KINGSLEY, a c1t1- zen of the United States, residing at Syracuse in the county of Onondaga and State of N ew York, have invented a new and Improved Holder for Adhesive Binders, of which the following is a-speclfication. 4

The present invention relates to holders for adhesivecli s or binders, such as pasters, labels and simi ar articles of paper or other suitable material having one side coated with an adhesive for aflixing checks to bills and for other purposes to which pasters of this character may be applied.

A holder for maintaining a stack of collated binders in position for-convenient removal and application one'by one to the article or articles to which they are to be applied, without disturbing or disarranging the remaining binders on the stack, was patented by me under date of September 9, 1913, No. 1,072,859; and it is the object of the present invention to provide a more simple, practical and less expensive holder than that disclosed in my prior invention, and one within which a stack of binders may be more readily assembled.

To this andother ends the invention consists of certain arts and combinations .of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrating the invention are as follows Figures 1, 2 and 3 are perspective views, respectively, of the retaining member, follower block and carton or receptacle in which the binders are incased.

Fig. 4. shows in side view a stack of binders as held by the retaining member before being placed in the-carton.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the holder. V

Figs. 6 and 7 are top plan and front elevation views, respectively, of the assembled parts as seen in Fig. 5.

And, Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the binders.

In the drawings similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The binders or clips 1 are of rectangular form, made preferably of paper, and coated on one side with an adhesive. A stack of these binders, adhesive sides downward, is placed upon a triangular shaped follower 2 which, in this instance, is formed up from a metal strip. The angularly disposed sides of the follower impart a similar angular inclination to the binders, whereby they are not only held in more perfect alinement and stacked arrangement but the central portions thereof are presented foremost through the opening at the top of the holder.

In order to facilitate placing a stack; of binders in a carton 3 and, also, as a meansfor holding the binders so that they may be removed one at a time, I provide a U-shape retalning member preferably formed fof metal and comprising a central bottom portion 4: from which extend upwardly two spring arms 5, the free ends of which are bent inwardly to form retaining flanges 01' abutments '6 against which the top of the stack engages in the manner clearly shown in the drawings, the stack being held in abutment with such flanges against the action of a coiled spring7 lnterposed between 1 the bottom wall 4 of the retaining member and the base of the follower 2.

When it is desired to assemble the parts, the spring 7 is positioned and held compressed while the side arms 5 of the retaining member are sprung slightly apart to permit the follower and stack of binders thereon being placed between the arms and upon the spring. The spring is then released and holds the stack of binders against the abutments 6. The parts thus assembled are placed in the carton .or receptacle 3 which is made of paper or other suitable material. This carton has one end open and is of a depth equal to the length of the side arms 5 of the retaining member, while its cross sectional area is substantially that of the retaining member when the side arms 5 of the latter are in vertical position, a sliding engagement of the retaining member in the carton being permitted. Opposite sides of the carton are provided at their upper ends with ears 8 forming guards. for preventing lateral displacement of the binders protruding through the space between the.

anges 6 of the retaining member.

It will thus be seen that there has been provided, in combination with a suitable receptacle, a very simple and inexpensively formed retainin member by means of which a stack 0 binders, a follower block and an operating spring may be readily assembled and inserted in the carton, and that such retaining member is so formed as to hold the stack of binders against the action of the said spring. The central portion of the stack protrudes upwardl through the space between the opposed e( ges of the flan ed abutments 6 so that binders may be easi removed, one at a time, by engaging the deflected sides of the uppermost one between ,the thumb and finger and exerting a slight downward pressure on the stack. When thus removed the binders are partly folded and held in proper position for use, and when all of the binders have been used the retaining member may be removed from the carton and a new stack of binders inserted.

What P claim is:

1. In a device of the character and for the purpose described, the combination with a receptacle having one end open, of a re-' taining member slidably supported within said receptacle and comprising a bottom ortion, two oppositely positioned side members extending at substantially right angles from said bottom portion, and abutments formed on the inner faces of said side members adjacent their free ends and the open end of the receptacle.

2. In a device of the character and for the purpose described, the'combination with a receptacle having one end open, of a retaining member slidably supported Within said receptacle and comprising a bottom portion, two oppositely positioned spring s de members extending at substantially rightangles from said bottom portion, and

abutments formed on the inner faces of said,

side members adjacent their free ends and the open end of the receptacle.

3. In a device of the character and for the purpose described, a retaining member comprising a bottom portion, two oppositely positioned spring side members extending at substantially right angles from said bottom portion, and abutments formed on the inner faces of said side members adjacent their free ends; a sprinr pressed follower interposed between said a utments and said bottom portion for yieldably holding the articles in the retaining member against the said abutments, and an open ended receptacle in which the thus assembled parts are slidably supported.

LEE KINGSLEY. 

